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…While many of his films deal with moral issues and concerns, Demirkubuz never sets himself up as arbiter of his characters’ actions. He rarely takes sides, preferring instead to show how each character has his reasons for doing what he does. Here, Demirkubuz treats the twin obsessions of Bekir and Ugur with respect. They might […]
Should I Really Do It? Truth might well be stranger than fiction, but who would have thought it could be so hallucinogenic? The film follows the surreal story of Petra (Petra Woschniak), a mesmerizing figure who scours the streets of Istanbul. We are introduced to her twilight universe via daily sessions with her very […]
There should be a door… Society has turned its back on Bekir, Ugur and Yusuf, three marginals who look for love in the most unlikely places. Director Zeki Demirkubuz’s tour-de-force love-triangle drama strikes a high note as it transforms its distinctly local story into universal themes of loss, sacrifıce and defeat. There is one […]
Dark, Existential Films Top Turkish Festival …One of the main reasons for the upsurge on interest in Turkey’s art cinema is Zeki Demirkubuz, an intense young auteur who created a minor buzz last year when two of his films screened at Cannes. Given his hellish past as a political prisoner, it’s no surprise that […]
Üçüncü Sayfa (Third Page), Demirkubuz’s third feature film, like his others, is also self-produced and makes significant use of doors. The film begins with direct simplicity: Isa, a walk-on actor in movie productions, is blamed for a $50 robbery. He is threatened, beaten and harangued. Back at his tiny apartment, this desperate man […]
They say love is blind, and viewers of this wry, low-key, gentle-paced,notably chaste ‘romance’ (whose protagonists exercise such demure restraint that it makes Brief Encounter look like Last Tango In Paris) mustn’t to examine the plot too closely if they want to fall under its refined spell. Predicated on a series of unlikely […]
You can watch Oyun (The Play) on iTunes with English subtitles in USA, UK, Canada and Ireland in addition to Turkey. New York Magazine: “Boisterously insightful, hilarious and socially relevant in equal measure, and the perfect antidote to today’s crop of dryly crusading, good-for-you documentaries. Not to be missed.” TimesSquare.com: “Enlightening, touching and […]
Journalism in Turkey has never been a job for the faint-hearted. Numbers of assassinated or imprisoned journalists have long been at levels comparable to the countries with authoritarian regimes. As of the end of 2012, the number of journalists imprisoned all around the world reached a record high (232 journalists) and Turkey has more journalists […]
Director F. Serkan Acar hasn’t been an unknown quantity in the film community when he burst onto the festival scene with his first feature-length film Ask ve Devrim (Love and Revolution) last year. Having produced Özcan Alper’s widely acclaimed Sonbahar (Autumn) in 2008, as well as having been the subsequent producer of a Turkish TV […]